(24351) Fionawood Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 5 January 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Fiona Winifred Wood (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her cellular and molecular r biology project. She attends the North Haven High School, North Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.Naming citation (20080917/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Fionawood is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fionawood is 2.07 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number24351
Provisional designation2000 AD104
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)14.98
Orbital period3.52 years
Semi-major axis2.31 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.06 – 2.57 au
Eccentricity0.109
Inclination6.25°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.05 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Fiona

Also discovered on 5 January 2000

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